- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- COVERED BRIDGE OVER TUGALOO RIVER, LAVONIA, GA.
- Date of Original:
- 1920/1923
- Subject:
- Architecture
Landscape
Transportation
Covered bridges--Georgia--Franklin County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Franklin County, Lavonia, 34.43594, -83.10682
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Near Lavonia, early 1920s. Knox's Bridge was built in 1854 by Samuel Knox. The architect was a Colonel Bowman of Elberton, Ga. This covered bridge which spans the Tugaloo River was constructed using slave labor. The bridge was destroyed by fire in the 1950s. The bridge was an example of the town lattice design.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_fra136
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:fra136
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
